New Jersey TDB offers profit potential for brokers and advantages for business owners and claimants For years, New Jersey’s required Temporary Disability Benefit (TDB) was funded entirely by employers at a relatively low premium rate. Businesses could privatize TDB for better service, no waiting period on claims, and the option to receive benefits as a
Today’s insurance brokers face a complicated landscape of employee benefits. From learning the ins and outs of paid family and medical leave (PFML) in the states you serve, to the growing demand for benefits like Group Life /AD&D, and Worksite (Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity & Accident), it’s a lot to manage. At The DBL Center,
As Mother’s Day and Father’s Day approach, we might be thinking about our loved ones and the ways we care for our own families. Many of us in the sandwich generation, late millennials and GenX, have already faced the loss of parents or may be caring for aging parents. Although these holidays are a joyful
As the P&C insurance industry gets more competitive, with insurance brokers facing higher quotas to achieve bonuses and businesses watching every dollar, you might hope to find a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow this spring to help reduce your stress. The DBL Center can help you find it. Best of all,
For years, brokers who work with The DBL Center have been using our Broker Dashboard: Net Revenue Tracker to streamline workflows and track renewals, cancellations, and commissions automatically. Enhancements to the app – in the form of Net Revenue Tracker Pro – deliver enhanced functionality. The new tool combines healthcare proposals, market analysis, and RFPs
With Labor Day around the corner, people are debating about whether it’s too early to start bringing out the boots, sweaters, and pumpkin spice. But for The DBL Center and our insurance brokers, we are two steps ahead. We are already considering the end of the year. You know that as an insurance broker, the
Find out how The DBL Center, Your Insurance Wholesaler, can help you leverage these required benefits in states with family leave laws to save your clients money and use these funds to expand your book of business and earn more commission. This summer, Maine joined the growing list of states with family leave laws. It
In recent posts, we discussed insurance broker burnout and the hustle it requires to meet ever-increasing sales goals and quotas from insurance carriers. It’s important to work smarter, not harder. That means leveraging technology, setting smart (and attainable) goals, and partnering with an insurance wholesaler to assist with your business growth. We also talked about
Sonja Spruiel joins The DBL Center as our new VP Business Development & Disability Underwriter. Spruiel comes from Arch Insurance, where she was the Regional Business Development Manager, Accident & Health. Prior to Arch, Spruiel worked at Standard Life as the EB Disability Underwriter specializing in Group Life and Short- and Long-Term Disability in the
Every year, Michael Cohen, president and CEO of The DBL Center, recognizes his employees and celebrates the year’s success with a holiday party. Past parties have been at trendy Long Island location’s like the speakeasy-style bar, The Founder’s Room, in Huntington’s Paramount Theater and other first-class eateries. This year, The DBL Center team celebrated with
How does PTO work in states with disability and family leave benefits? As a growing number of states roll out statutory Paid Family and Medical Leave programs and short-term disability insurance benefits, employers, HR managers, benefits advisors, and insurance brokers, alike, are trying to understand how PTO and PFML interact in terms of claims. In
Along with employee retention and finding the right employee benefits to keep and retain workers, absence management has become one of the biggest challenges for business owners and human resource departments in 2022. Paid time off becomes more difficult to manage as employees work from home or request flex-time. Managers deal with employees taking time